Harrisburg University Competencies 1) Critical Thinking: The ability to evaluate and integrate multiple sources of information through experience, reason and training. Critical thinkers will demonstrate aptitude in – a. Drawing conclusions b. Recognizing and differentiating facts, opinions and inferences c. Being aware of diverse connections. d. Ability to revise conclusions as new information becomes available. e. Recognize and work through problems 2) Communication: The skill of successful understanding while exercising the two-way flow of information through different methods including spoken, written and illustrative exchange. Those demonstrating communication skills will show aptitude in – a. Professional comportment in appropriate situations b. Formulation of organized arguments c. Comfort with presenting their ideas in different forms d. Comfort with different audiences 3) Teamwork and Collaboration: The ability to work effectively with others in a concerted effort toward a common goal. Those showing effective skills at collaboration will demonstrate an aptitude in – a. Recognizing how to maximize a group’s efficiency through the strengths of individual group members b. Planning and realistic goal setting c. Displaying individual responsibility to the whole d. Recognizing inter-individual skills to find best solutions 4) Entrepreneurship: The capacity to recognize opportunities for benefit and reward as well as the ability to find workable solutions to exploit an empty organizational or societal niche. The successful entrepreneur with show an aptitude in – a. Understanding relationships between costs and benefits, risks and values b. Evaluating market analyses for markets of different size and scope c. Understanding the differences and similarities of ventures diverse in type and level of development 5) Information Literacy: The knowledge and familiarity with different media types along with efficient storage and retrieval methods. An information literate citizen will demonstrate an aptitude in – a. The ability to recover information appropriate to given issues, arguments or problems b. The ability to quickly evaluate sources and content in an information rich world c. The ability to condense information to salient and concise arguments 6) Ethical Decision Making: The realization and inclusion of the moral dimension for personal decision making. An ethical citizen will demonstrate the ability to - a. Evaluate the consequences of fair and unfair actions. b. Demonstrate awareness of diverse opinions and dissimilar viewpoints c. Demonstrate awareness for the effects that decisions will have on others d. Maintain a vision of society that includes various decision pathways 7) Global Awareness: A knowledge of the world’s irreducible interconnectedness and the fundamental continuum present in systems of different scale. A globally aware citizen will show an understanding of - a. Distributions and relationships of different organisms and environments b. The interplay between, but not restricted to, ecology, economy and the expediencies of political structure c. Differences in cultural, religious and ethnic background. d. Community connections at both local as well as broader national or international scales 8) Civic Engagement: A developed understanding of what is meant by the social contract and therefore a sense of what it means to be a good citizen. An engaged citizen will show – a. A concern for community problem-solving b. Participation in community oriented activities and organizations c. Awareness of issues concerning their communities d. Activity in areas of community improvement
1) Critical Thinking: The ability to evaluate and integrate multiple sources of information through experience, reason and training. Critical thinkers will demonstrate aptitude in –
a. Drawing conclusions
b. Recognizing and differentiating facts, opinions and inferences
c. Being aware of diverse connections.
d. Ability to revise conclusions as new information becomes available.
e. Recognize and work through problems
2) Communication: The skill of successful understanding while exercising the two-way flow of information through different methods including spoken, written and illustrative exchange. Those demonstrating communication skills will show aptitude in –
a. Professional comportment in appropriate situations
b. Formulation of organized arguments
c. Comfort with presenting their ideas in different forms
d. Comfort with different audiences
3) Teamwork and Collaboration: The ability to work effectively with others in a concerted effort toward a common goal. Those showing effective skills at collaboration will demonstrate an aptitude in –
a. Recognizing how to maximize a group’s efficiency through the strengths of individual group members
b. Planning and realistic goal setting
c. Displaying individual responsibility to the whole
d. Recognizing inter-individual skills to find best solutions
4) Entrepreneurship: The capacity to recognize opportunities for benefit and reward as well as the ability to find workable solutions to exploit an empty organizational or societal niche. The successful entrepreneur with show an aptitude in –
a. Understanding relationships between costs and benefits, risks and values
b. Evaluating market analyses for markets of different size and scope
c. Understanding the differences and similarities of ventures diverse in type and level of development
5) Information Literacy: The knowledge and familiarity with different media types along with efficient storage and retrieval methods. An information literate citizen will demonstrate an aptitude in –
a. The ability to recover information appropriate to given issues, arguments or problems
b. The ability to quickly evaluate sources and content in an information rich world
c. The ability to condense information to salient and concise arguments
6) Ethical Decision Making: The realization and inclusion of the moral dimension for personal decision making. An ethical citizen will demonstrate the ability to -
a. Evaluate the consequences of fair and unfair actions.
b. Demonstrate awareness of diverse opinions and dissimilar viewpoints
c. Demonstrate awareness for the effects that decisions will have on others
d. Maintain a vision of society that includes various decision pathways
7) Global Awareness: A knowledge of the world’s irreducible interconnectedness and the fundamental continuum present in systems of different scale. A globally aware citizen will show an understanding of -
a. Distributions and relationships of different organisms and environments
b. The interplay between, but not restricted to, ecology, economy and the expediencies of political structure
c. Differences in cultural, religious and ethnic background.
d. Community connections at both local as well as broader national or international scales
8) Civic Engagement: A developed understanding of what is meant by the social contract and therefore a sense of what it means to be a good citizen. An engaged citizen will show –
a. A concern for community problem-solving
b. Participation in community oriented activities and organizations
c. Awareness of issues concerning their communities
d. Activity in areas of community improvement